Just a month ago, a bubbly Jennifer Hudson -- who had been striking gold with just about everything she touched -- was running down the list of all the projects that she expected would soon dominate her life.

Just a month ago, a bubbly Jennifer Hudson who had been striking gold with just about everything she touched was running down the list of all the projects that she expected would soon dominate her life.

Just a month ago, a bubbly Jennifer Hudson -- who had been striking gold with just about everything she touched -- was running down the list of all the projects that she expected would soon dominate her life.

Although the BET Awards doled out awards to some of entertainment's most celebrated performers on Tuesday night, from Beyonce to Jennifer Hudson, it was the show's tributes to living legends and recently departed giants that evoked the most emotion.

Although the BET Awards doled out awards to some of entertainment's most celebrated performers on Tuesday night, from Beyonce to Jennifer Hudson, it was the show's tributes to living legends and recently departed giants that evoked the most emotion.

Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson is everywhere these days. "I'm tired, but I'm hanging in there," she says cheerfully, even though she has only a few minutes before the next interview, the next plane, the next appearance. In October, long before the Dreamgirls hype machine got rolling, Hudson took an afternoon to help launch a different Dreamgirls.